John Larch
ActingJohn Larch (October 4, 1914 - October 16, 2005) was an American film and television actor. After his lead role in the radio serial Captain Starr of Space (1953–54), John Larch entered films in 1954. He usually appeared in westerns (How The West Was Won) and action films, including Miracle of the White Stallions as General George S. Patton Jr. (1963), Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as General Omar Bradley (1976), replacing James Gregory as Mac in the Matt Helm movie The Wrecking Crew (1969) starring Dean Martin, Sharon Tate and Elke Sommer. Larch, an old friend of Clint Eastwood, appeared in Eastwood films, including Dirty Harry (1971) and Play Misty for Me (1971). He also appeared on a number of television programs, including Naked City (three episodes), Route 66 (three episodes), The Fugitive (two episodes), The Invaders, The Restless Gun (four episodes), Gunsmoke (seven episodes), The Virginian (four episodes), Bonanza, Hawaii Five-0, Mission Impossible (two episodes), The Troubleshooters, Bus Stop, Laramie, The Law and Mr. Jones, and possibly most famously as Bill Mumy's father in The Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life" in 1961. He also appeared in two other The Twilight Zone episodes, playing a psychiatrist in "Perchance to Dream" and the sheriff in "Dust". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Larch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Dirty Harry
Chief
Airplane II: The Sequel
Prosecuting Attorney
How the West Was Won
Grimes (uncredited)
Play Misty for Me
Sgt. McCallum
The Amityville Horror
Father Nuncio
The Wrecking Crew
MacDonald
Illegal
District Attorney's Man (uncredited)
7 Men from Now
Payte Bodeen
Framed
Bundy
Written on the Wind
Roy Carter
Filmography — Acting
Dirty Harry
Chief
Airplane II: The Sequel
Prosecuting Attorney
How the West Was Won
Grimes (uncredited)
Play Misty for Me
Sgt. McCallum
The Amityville Horror
Father Nuncio
The Wrecking Crew
MacDonald
Illegal
District Attorney's Man (uncredited)
7 Men from Now
Payte Bodeen
Framed
Bundy
Written on the Wind
Roy Carter
Bad Ronald
Sgt. Lynch
The Saga of Hemp Brown
Jed Givens
Cannon for Cordoba
Warner
Tight Spot
First Detective (uncredited)
The Phenix City Story
Clem Wilson
Move
Mounted Patrolman
The Chadwick Family
Fargo
A Fire in the Sky
Johnson
Man in the Shadow
Ed Yates
5 Against the House
Police Detective (uncredited)
Man from Del Rio
Bill Dawson
The Great Bank Robbery
Sheriff of Friendly
Hell to Eternity
Capt. Schwabe
From Hell to Texas
Hal Carmody
The Killer Is Loose
Otto Flanders
Future Cop
Commisioner Forman
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
District Attorney
Santee
Banner
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Gen. Omar Bradley
Hail, Hero!
Mr. Conklin
Winter Kill
Dr. Bill Hammond
Gun for a Coward
Stringer
The McConnell Story
Cy
The Naked Street
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Behind the High Wall
William Kiley
Miracle of the White Stallions
General George S. Patton, Jr.
Quantez
Heller
Johnny Moccasin
Frank Hill
The City
Holland Yermo
Bitter Creek
Hired Gunman
Seven Angry Men
Sergeant
Women in Chains
Barney
The Desperate Miles
Dr. Bryson
The Careless Years
Sam Vernon
Magic Carpet
Mr. Tracy
Moby Dick
1st Sailor
This Is My Love
Police Detective
Stampede at Bitter Creek
Frank Boyd
Pages of Death
Councilman Halliday